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12 previous year questions for Anthropology from 3 years. Practice with year-wise breakdown.
12
Questions
3
Years
2
Papers
Write notes on the following in 150 words each:
(a) Mendelian and non-Mendelian traits. [10M]
(b) Theoretical significance of Purum kinship-system. [10M]
(c) Osteodontokeratic culture and its makers. [10M]
(d) Smell as a signal among non-human primates. [10M]
(e) Culture and embodiment. [10M]
Write short notes on the following in about 150 words each:
(a) ‘Soanian cultural’ tradition [10M]
(b) Caste domination, factionalism and political power [10M]
(c) Regionalism and Autonomy [10M]
(d) Verrier Elwin's philosophy with respect to Arunachal Pradesh [10M]
(e) Characteristics and communication between Little and Great Traditions [10M]
Write notes on the following in about 150 words each:
(a) Multispecies, Multi-sited and Critical Ethnography. [10M]
(b) Evolutionary significance of menopause. [10M]
(c) Fission track dating method and its applications. [10M]
(d) Mitochondrial DNA and human evolution. [10M]
(e) Foetal origin of adult diseases and contribution of David Barker. [10M]
Write short notes on the following in about 150 words each:
(a) Impact of urbanization and industrialization on tribal communities of India [10M]
(b) Taxonomic status of Ramapithecus in the light of Ramapithecus-Sivapithecus controversy [10M]
(c) Tribalism and Pseudotribalism [10M]
(d) Varnashrama and its contemporary relevance [10M]
(e) Lothal dockyard and international trade relations [10M]
Write notes on the following in about 150 words each :
(a) Attributes of culture [10M]
(b) Harappan maritime trade [10M]
(c) Critical perspective on avoidance and joking relationship [10M]
(d) Lethal and sublethal genes [10M]
(e) Hemoglobin in health and disease [10M]
Write short notes on the following in about 150 words each :
(a) Digitisation of rural economy [10M]
(b) Origin of State Societies [10M]
(c) Syro-Malabar Christians [10M]
(d) Artisan tribes of Jharkhand [10M]
(e) Causes of stunting and wasting among tribal children [10M]
Write notes on the following in about 150 words each :
(a) Chronometric dating [10M]
(b) Cultural relevance of the Kula [10M]
(c) Heritability and its estimation [10M]
(d) Authority and forms of political organization [10M]
(e) Single-gene mutation disorders in man [10M]
Write short notes on the following in about 150 words each :
(a) B. K. Roy Burman’s concept of ‘Buffer Zone’ [10M]
(b) Describe ILO’s Convention No. 169 (1989) on Indigenous and Tribal people. Is India a signatory to it? [10M]
(c) Agricultural practices of the Apatani [10M]
(d) Status of Sixth Schedule Areas [10M]
(e) Constitutional Safeguards for Backward Classes [10M]
Write notes on the following in about 150 words each :
(a) Scope and relevance of Social and Cultural Anthropology [10M]
(b) Cultural impact of Iron Age [10M]
(c) Race and Ethnicity [10M]
(d) Customary laws and Environmental conservation [10M]
(e) Gene expression [10M]
Write short notes on the following in about 150 words each:
(a) Material culture and archaeology [10M]
(b) Interface between Purushartha and Ashrama [10M]
(c) Jajmani system : continuity and change [10M]
(d) Prehistoric rock arts from Uttarakhand [10M]
(e) Religious pluralism and social solidarity [10M]
Write notes on the following in about 150 words each :
(a) Polygenic Inheritance [10M]
(b) Prehistoric significance of Rakhigarhi [10M]
(c) Glottochronology [10M]
(d) Menopausal symptoms [10M]
(e) William Ogburn and Cultural lag [10M]
Write short notes on the following in about 150 words each:
(a) Scheduled areas [10M]
(b) Ramapithecus-Sivapithecus debate [10M]
(c) Village as little republic [10M]
(d) Dravidian languages and their subgroups [10M]
(e) Karma and Rebirth [10M]
We have 12 UPSC Mains Anthropology optional subject questions spanning 3 years (2023–2025).
Anthropology has 2 papers in UPSC Mains: Anthropology-I, Anthropology-II. Each paper carries 250 marks.